Events: Week Of November 7

Tuesday, November 8
7:00 PM NYC.rb: Building RESTful APIs w/ Grape
Pivotal Labs, 841 Broadway, Union Square

Wednesday, November 9
6:00 PM How Sailthru.com uses AWS + Cloudsizer + Yipit
Aol HQ, 770 Broadway, 6th Floor

7:00 PM NYC Spotify Tech Group
Spotify HQ, 76 9th Ave Suite 1110, 11th Floor

Thursday, November 10
6:30 PM ERA Giving Thanks to NY Startup Community Party with Goodwin Procter
Goodwin Procter, 620 Eighth Avenue

7:30 PM Steve Blank talk at Union Square Ventures
Union Square Ventures, 915 Broadway, 14th Floor

Networked Society 'On the Brink'

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Mike Arrington, Race, And HTML5

Image via WikipediaTalking about race is not negativity any more than talking about HTML5 is positivity. It is just plain objectivity. Group dynamics is more cutting edge a thing than anything we have seen in tech so far. (My Web Diagram) And race and gender are some of the most cutting edge topics in group dynamics, gender even more so.

Race, Gender, Tech
Race, Gender, Tech (2)
Tech, Women, Diversity
Mike Arrington Is A Sexist Pig: Say PeeeeG!

But right now the controversy is race. Months back it was gender, thanks to the same character Mike Arrington.

Mike Arrington: Idiot

Is Mike Arrington a racist? He is a character, that's for sure. As for if he is a racist, that question assumes the label racist is an easy one to pin. I don't think Mike Arrington is capable of hate crimes. But that does not mean he is not a racist. Racist behavior is a spectrum. Racist thinking is a spectrum. There is a relationship between the seemingly benign racist joke and hate crimes. And race is not a matter of individual opinion any more than medical research is a matter of individual opinion. Mitch Kapor touches upon that.

In this debate Mike Arrington comes across as clueless and defensive.

Online Dating Newsflash: Race And Religion Matter
The Need For A Race Gender Coalition
Black Cop Shot Down In Harlem By White Cops: The Race Angle
Race, A Few Different Angles

And then there is this old media, new media tension in this debate, but there Mike Arrington is no holy cow. As a former blogger he has been guilty of all that he now accuses of: sensationalism, playing gotcha, etc.